Egypt
Bilady, Bilady, Bilady
بلادي بلادي بلادي
About:
Bilady, Bilady, Bilady (My Country, My Country, My Country) was composed by Sayed Darwish (1892-1923) and was adopted in 1979. Although the modern version has three stanzas, only the first is commonly sung today.
Lyrics:
Arabic:
بلادي بلادي بلادي
لكِ حبي وفؤادي
بلادي بلادي بلادي
لك حبي وفؤادي
مصر يا أم البلاد
انت غايتي والمراد
وعلى كل العباد
كم لنيلك من اياد
Arabic (transliteration):
Bilādī, bilādī, bilādī
Laki ḥubbī wa-fu’ādī
Bilādī, bilādī, bilādī
Laki ḥubbī wa-fu’ādī
Miṣr yā umm al-bilād
Anti ghāyatī wal-murād
Wa-‘alá kull al-‘ibād
Kam li-Nīlik min āyād
English:
My homeland, my homeland, my homeland,
My love and my heart are for thee.
My homeland, my homeland, my homeland,
My love and my heart are for thee.
Egypt! O mother of all lands,
Thou are my hope and my ambition,
And on all people
Your Nile has countless graces.
Details:
- Composer:
- Sayed Darwish
- Lyricist:
- Mohamed Younis Al-Qady
- Date:
- Music: 1923, Lyrics: 1878, Adopted: 1979
- Tags:
- 1870s, 1920s, 1970s, Africa, Post-colonial, Republican
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